G.A. Henty Quotes
The bird that has taught its nestling to fly does not try to keep it in the nest, when it is once able to take care of itself.
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As a unique person, I was bullied badly as a teen.
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I never pursued being 'famous.'
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It takes a great man to be a good listener.
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I've had jokes stolen a thousand times. But if you can do it better than me, you can have it. I've had jokes stolen from me in the club when I'm next on stage. And my brain will start to turn, and the gears will start turning, and I'll go onstage and create a whole new bit.
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It was a movement that had all the art critics, all the museum directors in its thrall.
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I never wanted to be a writer. I wanted to be a book illustrator. I used to hurry home from school and draw.
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My childhood began, as everybody's childhood begins, with prejudices. Man finds prejudices beside his cradle, puts them from him a little in the course of his career, and often, alas! takes to them again in his old age.
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I'm just a normal young lad who plays football.
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I now realize that I am a gay man before anything else. Other gays may think they're a Jew first, or black, or a banker, but I'm gay.
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A lot of them are afraid to sit down and break their position. You should be able to make it so natural that you can just get out, and sit down and walk away from it, and there's nothing wrong with that.
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You cannot climb the ladder of success dressed in the costume of failure.
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Sometimes I listen to music and I wonder how did they get certain sounds.
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I think sometimes good sentimentality is fun when it's balanced.
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You can choose not to sit on the fence. You can choose not to criticise. You must stand as guard at the door of your own mind and choose to be positive.
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My fear is that if we don't take remedial steps to control polio in the tribal areas, we will be faced with international sanctions.
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In terms of 'Solaris,' I didn't really think about the religious aspect an awful lot. There's one scene at a dinner party, and it's discussed, but it wasn't an overwhelming theme for me.
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You should always go to other people's funerals; otherwise, they won't come to yours.
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It is important to note that there are no age limitations on who can donate organs and tissue. Newborns as well as senior citizens have been organ donors.
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I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being with an independent will.
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I was a smoker for years. Occasionally I slip and have a cigarette. Remarkably, my voice has held up. I'm grateful, obviously. But I don't gargle with honey and ground-up bird eggs. I have no secrets.
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Suddenly for no earthly reason I felt immensely sorry for him and longed to say something real, something with wings and a heart, but the birds I wanted settled on my shoulders and head only later when I was alone and not in need of words.
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I just like simplicity. I like simple songs, I like simple chords, simple vocals, simple lead guitar. I just like simplicity. That's just the way I like it.
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The bird that has taught its nestling to fly does not try to keep it in the nest, when it is once able to take care of itself.
